Primary muscles: Abs
Secondary muscles: Quads
Equipment: Dumbbell
Exercise for the opposite muscles: Superman
Leaning Camel Instructions
1. Start on your knees, with your toes tucked, your thighs perpendicular to the floor, and hold a dumbbell in front of your chest.
2. Lean your torso back.
3. Return to the initial position and repeat.
Proper Form And Breathing Pattern
Relax your shoulders, open your chest and engage your core, glutes, and quads. Keep your back straight and your torso stable at all times, and breathe out as you lean your torso back. Inhale as you return to the starting position.
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Exercise Benefits
The leaning camel targets the abdominal wall and stretches the front of the body. This exercise tones and strengthens your core, improves your balance, and trims down your waist.
Leaning Camel Demonstration
Sets And Reps
Complete 2 or 3 sets of 12 to 16 repetitions. To target your core from all angles, pair the leaning camel with the dumbbell side bend, the wood chop and the plank bird dog.
Calories Burned
To calculate the number of calories burned doing the leaning camel, enter your weight and the duration of the exercise:
Related Core Exercises
Try these other core exercises to tighten, sculpt and strengthen your abs, obliques, lats and lower back:
Wall crunch
Sprinter crunch
Plank bird dog
Donkey kick twist
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